Template:Free screenshot

This screenshot either does not contain copyright-eligible parts or visuals of copyrighted software, or the author has released it under a free license (which should be indicated beneath this notice), and as such follows the licensing guidelines for screenshots of Wikimedia Commons. You may use it freely according to its particular license. Free software license: see below

Note: if the screenshot shows any work that is not a direct result of the program code itself, such as a text or graphics that are not part of the program, the license for that work must be indicated separately.


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License tag wrapper for free software screenshots. Only valid as a license when a valid license template or license template name is provided in required parameter "license".

The template automatically sets the following categories:

Usage

{{Free screenshot |license= }}

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionDefaultStatus
license
1
template
licenseFree software license tag. It accepts either of the following forms:
  1. License name, e.g. "GPL"
  2. One or more templates, e.g. "{{GFDL}}" or "{{GPL}}{{PD-Acid}}".
  3. For rarely seen licenses use {{Free screenshot/license}} helper template
emptyrequired
Template data
<templatedata>JSON</templatedata> ./. {{TemplateBox}}
TemplateData

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Existing template documentation
At Wikimedia Commons, it is recommended to use {{TemplateBox}} with either ‎useTemplateData=1 or ‎useTemplateData=only on the ‎/doc subpage and transcluding it with {{Documentation}} into the template. ‎<nowiki>-tags can be wrapped around the arguments, if required, to avoid templates being expanded.

Newly created template documentation and imports
Another option, especially for imported templates, or for users with JSON experience, is placing raw ‎<templatedata>-tags into the Wikitext of the template, as described in various Wikipediae.

Discussion
There is an ongoing discussion about that matter. Feel invited to comment if you are experienced in either way, your time permits and if you like to share your opinion or to make a suggestion.


Wikipedia's help about TemplateDataCommons-specific information

License tag wrapper for free software screenshots. Only valid as a license when a valid license template or license template name is provided in required parameter "license".

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
licenselicense 1 template

Free software license tag. It accepts either a license name, e.g. "GPL", or one or more templates, e.g. "{{GFDL}}" or "{{GPL}}{{PD-Acid}}".

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Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the File namespace

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

Placement: In the "Permission" parameter of the {{Information}} template (or the respective parameter of similar templates) or in the "Licensing" section

See also

Localization

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This template is localized through {{Autotranslate}}. The layout of the template can be found under Template:Free screenshot/layout.

To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please copy the code of Template:Free screenshot/en (or any other language version you prefer to translate) and replace the text strings in there (the form below can be used to create a translation, the English version is preloaded in the edit box). Please change the parameter lang from en (or whatever language you are translating) to the language code of your language.